Life – a user's manual Part II - Boksidan

Football. They have found evidence that football was played in China before the year 0. At the time, it was
played, like today, with two teams and two goals. The ball was made of leather and stuffed with hair. The
game, called by the Chinese Cuju (kick ball) gradually became very popular, but it for some reason died out
in the Middle Ages. Although the Indians of Central America played something like football before the year
1000. European football began, however, in England in the 1100s as a brutal game with two teams and a
ball. The goals could be many kilometers apart and the teams could have as many players as they liked.
When people in the 1800s to a significant extent crowded together in cities (see the chapter History of
Technology), there was no longer room for this bulky sport. The practitioners were forced to adapt the game
and the field was limited and the rules became progressively more rigorous and standardized. 1863 it was
decided, for example, that the ball could only be touched with the feet and the first real football clubs came
1872 nd . Over time the sport spread to the rest of the world and in 1904 FIFA (Fédération Internationale de
Football Association) was founded. 1930 FIFA organized the first World Cup, which was held in Uruguay.
Golf. The world's first golf club is in Scotland and it was launched in 1744, but the game is supposed to have
been there longer than that. In the late 1800s, the Scots developed the game so much that it was quite similar
to the golf being played today.
Handball. A game similar to handball is said to have been played since ancient times. But modern handball
were played in the late 1800s in several countries. The game was developed, however, especially in
Denmark in the early 1900's. 1938 the first World Championships was played and 1972 the sport became
Olympic.
Ice hockey. This sport may have it’s origin in Holland in the 1500s, but today's Ice hockey comes from the
1800s when British soldiers stationed in Canada, just as with bandy, played field hockey on the ice. 1855 the
first documented ice hockey match took place.
Canoe. Since the canoe probably is the oldest form of transport, it is reasonable to believe that at least some
canoeists, long before our era, competed over who first reached a certain point. Though it was an established
fitness and competitive sport in the UK in the mid 1800's.
Motorsport. Motor sports are of course not older than motor vehicles, which came at the end of the 1800s.
The first car race was held in 1895 in France and the first motorcycle race was held two years later in the
UK. 1907 started the motorcycle races on the British Isle of Man which has run every year. Nowadays there
are a whole variety of motorsports with cars, boats, motorcycles and so on.
Orientation. This sport was founded through Swedish military exercises in the late 1800s. The first
competition was organized for Swedish officers in 1893.
Rugby. This sport is considered to have started in 1863 in the UK when they who wanted to play football
with only their feet and they also wanted to use their hands went in different directions. They later chosed to
call their sport rugby.
Volleyball. The sport was invented in 1895 in the United States. The sport spread across the world.
Contemporary rules and playing style was developed in the early av1900 century. The first world
championship was held in 1949 for men and for women 1952 nd . 1924 a volleyball demonstration was held
during the Olympic Games and the sport joined in the Olympics 1964 th .
During the latter part of the 1900s, a also a lot of sdditional sports has came, most of which is still quite
small. In a hundred years maybe some of them are very large while others, now even more popular sports, is
almost extinct. There will probably be new sports, enabled by future technologies. The strange thing is that
there are currently some cases where both the technology and the interest excist (for the latter, at least
interest in related sports), such as:
- Obstacle swimming.
- Underwater swimming.
- Running and shooting.
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